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Beastie Boys dismantled their gold record plaque,it didn't contain their music
The record contained piano versions of songs from artists including Barry Manilow
Beastie Boys have shared the story of how they discovered that the gold record plaque they received after the certification of ‘Paul’s Boutique’ didn’t actually contain a pressing of their own music. Ad-Rock (Adam Horovitz) and Mike D (Michael Diamond) from the New York hip-hop innovators recently revealed the issue with their gold record plaque for the seminal 1989 album during an interview on the Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend podcast. Upon inspection, they found that instead of ‘Paul’s Boutique’, the vinyl contained piano versions of songs like Barry Manilow’s music and Morris Albert’s ‘Feelings’.
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